Attachment for planters.



No. 882,379. PATENTED MAR. 17 1908. W. D. GILBRBATH.

ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

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W. D. GILBREATH.

ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1907.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WALKER D. GILBREATH, OF ARAPAHO, OKLAHOMA;

ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed November 15, 1907. Serial No. 402,302.

To all whom it may concern: 7

"Be it known 'that I, WALKER D. GIL- BREATH, a citizen of the United States, re-

sidingatArapaho, in the county of Custer, Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of-the invention,'such as v will enableothers. skilled in the art to which it aplpertains to make and use the same.

- T 1s invention ertains to a new and useful attachment for p anters of'any type or description, and the invention. in its broadest aspect has for its essential object to providea presser roller adapted to follow the drill of .a planter, so.as to com act the soil, so that the seed, or that which is deposited will more readily-and quickly sprout, more so than heretofore.

The invention directs as a further object,

to rovide a roller com osed of a square 'sh a i, to which remova-b e quarter sect ons forming saidroller are secured.

Afurt-her object of theinvention, in combinationwith the said roller, is to-provide a frame composed'of a pair of sides, triangular .in' contour, and which are flexibly connected by an arch, and which are also provided with a. flexible connection with the frame of a planter. J This Invention comprlses further combinationsof' elements whlchwill be hereinafter morefully de'scribed, ;shown in the accompanying drawings," and. the novel features .there'of will be-point'ed: out by the appended claims... y g

Toobtain a full and correct-understanding of the details of I construction, combinations of features, elements and advantages, refer-- ence is to be hadto the hereinafter set forth description and-the accom anyin'g drawings in connection therewith-W erein Figure l'is a side elevation of a planter. showing the-improved presser roller attached.

thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective'view of the presser roller and its frame detached from the planter. j Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line .53 of Fig. 1. Fi 1 isa cross sectional view of the presser roller, clearlyillustrating the square portion of the shaft thereof, and Fig.' 5 is.

the quarter sections of'the roller. a longitudinal sectional view of the said 'presser roller. Fig. 6 is a detailed pers ective view of the shaft of the said roller.

7 is an end view of said presser roller.

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I cate similar features and elements throughout the several illustrations of the drawings.

In regard to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the frame of a planter, which is providedwith the usual seed box 2, and the bolt 4, having a lower extension 5, which is received'by a recess 6 formed in an oscillatory' member 7 as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. .Extending transversely of the memher 7 and its recess and through the extension 5 is a pin 8'forming a pivot for the member 7-.' Adapted to coact between theportions beyond the ivot of the said member 7, and the frame of the planter are springs 9, the purpose of which springs being to allow the fra'me I0, which supports the presser roller 11, to have resiliency with relation to the frame of the planter, as will be clearly evident.

The frame 10 com rises the sides 12 which ar'etriangula'r in outline and composed of the metallic members '13, preferably steel, and which membersfll'3'are riveted as at 14, 15 and 16 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The rivets 16 are so constructed as to also fasten the arch .17,*.i n such Wise as 'toallo'wthe said :sides of the frame to'have'a flexlble move- Positioned between? the arch 17, and the frame offthe planter'isa s ri1'1g, 18,"the purpose of which being to ho d the said press'er roller to its work i The'presser roller comprises a square shaft 19hav1ngpintles 20 which are journaled'in bearings in the sides of the frame 10. I Fastened to the square portion of the shaft 19, isthe presser roller l'l'ywhich is'formed of el'ongatedquarter sections 21 throu h whichthe bolts 22 pass, which;.,bolts also pass through the said shaft, as "will ,be clearly manifest. The urpose of .forming -the 'resser. roller in t is new and novel manner, eing to allow 'one'or two, or the-entire set of quarter sections to;be removed, for the placement of others of diflerent configuration, which ma be more adapted for different work, for instance a quarter section or see ti ons having corrugations or -.c'ylindrical broad lugs, would cause .thesoil to compact more effectually.

From the foregoing,-the essential features, elements and the operation of-the. device, together with'the simplicityv thereof, will be clearly apparent. Having thus described the invention, what ment with relation to theframe of the planter.

drill 3';fixed to the frame of the planter is a ,frame being composed of triangular sides having a flexible connection.

2. In a device as set forth, a planter frame having a drill, a presser roller having a frame vertically yieldable with relation to the planter frame and attachedthereto, said frame being composed of triangular sides, and an arch connected between said sides.

3. In a device as set forth, a planter frame having a presser roller yieldingly attached thereto through the medium of an intermediate' frame, said roller comprising a shaft, quarter sections being fixed thereto and bolts for securing the quarter sections.

4. In adevice as set forth, a planter frame having a drill, a presser roller frame having flexible connections With the planter frame,

said presser roller frame being composed of a two sides having a flexibleconnection therebetween, and a presser roller to follow in rear of the drill.

5. In a device as set forth, a planter frame having a drill. a presser roller frame having 1 flexible connections with the planter frame, said presser roller frame being composed of two sides having a flexible connection therequarter sections to follow in. rear of the drill.

6. I11 a device as set forth, a planter frame having a presser roller frame provided with flexible connections with the planter frame, said flexible connections comprising an oscillatory member, said planter frame having a l dOWllWilICllY projecting member forming a pivot for said oscillatory member, said presser roller frame being composed of two sides having flexible connection therebetween and pivoted to the ends of the said oscillatory member, and a presser roller composed of quarter sections journaled between said sides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my .name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALKER D. GILBREATH.

Witnesses CHARLES W. BREWER, 1 FRED. B. GALLIOS.

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